BHP Minerals has begun reconnaissance drilling and sampling on Diamond Fields Resources’ (TSE) 660-sq.-km marine diamond concession near Luderitz, Namibia. The sampling follows a geophysical survey by…
In Yellowknife, N.W.T., the trial has begun into the deaths of nine men at the Giant gold mine in September, 1992, following a bomb blast. Charged with nine counts of first-degree murder is Roger Warr…
Nickel production costs have fallen for three consecutive years and are set to decline further in the period 1995-1997, says British research firm Brook Hunt & Associates. In its publication Nickel In…
Orders are being taken for the Yellowknife Women Geoscientists 1995 Calendar. Proceeds will go to the Walter Gibbins Memorial Fund, which is used to promote earth science education in the Northwest Te…
Junior Fancamp Resources (VSE) has acquired a 34-claim copper property at Baie-Johan-Beetz, near Havre-St. Pierre on Quebec’s northern shore. The company is looking for large-tonnage copper mineraliza…
Toronto-listed Pangea Goldfields has opted to convert its option to earn an 80% interest in the Karl Zeemel gold property near Pickle Lake, Ont., into a full 100% interest. The property consists of 15…
Danish-based Nunaoil A.S. has struck gold on the island of Storo, in the Nuuk region of Greenland. Sampling delineated a gold-mineralized structure in Archean supracrustal rocks. The mineralized zone …
The first hole of a drilling program at the Rendell-Jackman project in Newfoundland intersected 38 metres of zinc-lead-copper massive sulphide mineralization. Major General Resources (VSE), owner of t…
Funding and permitting are moving ahead at Goldbelt Resources’ (VSE) Leninogorsk gold tailings project in Kazakhstan. On the same day that the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) signed an …
Toronto-listed Aber Resources has encountered a visible diamond in drill core from hole A154-9, at a vertical depth of 55 metres. Aber and 60% partner Kennecott are drill-testing the A154 diamond pipe…
I well remember the good old days when the “integral” drill rod was employed in mining. After use, each rod was carefully carted to the blacksmith’s shop where the bit was thrust into glowing coals to…
New York-listed Asarco can earn a half interest in the St-Elie gold project in French Guiana, under a deal reached with Guyanor Ressources, a subsidiary of Golden Star Resources (TSE). The 9,000-hecta…
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